Do football teams learn from changing coaches? A test of the deceleration hypothesis

The paper explores the nature of change and finds evidence in favor of deceleration hypothesis: prior changes of a given type decrease the likelihood of a subsequent change of the same type while controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. We analyze leadership changes by explaining factors that influ...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agnieszka Bielinska-Kwapisz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-12-01
Series:Cogent Economics & Finance
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2014.918857
Description
Summary:The paper explores the nature of change and finds evidence in favor of deceleration hypothesis: prior changes of a given type decrease the likelihood of a subsequent change of the same type while controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. We analyze leadership changes by explaining factors that influence football teams to replace their coaches. We use panel data for 33 National Football League’s teams from 1976 to 2008.
ISSN:2332-2039